Chateau TucauSauternes
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
The Sauternes of the Chateau Tucau is in the top 50 of wines of Sauternes.
Food and wine pairings with Sauternes
Pairings that work perfectly with Sauternes
Original food and wine pairings with Sauternes
The Sauternes of Chateau Tucau matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tarte tatin or potatoes with blue cheese and bacon.
Details and technical informations about Chateau Tucau's Sauternes.
Discover the grape variety: Sulima
Interspecific cross obtained in 1966 between the verdelet or 9110 Seibel and the sultana, registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties list A1.
Informations about the Chateau Tucau
The Chateau Tucau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sauternes
Sauternes, 65 km South of Bordeaux, is a Village renowned for its high quality Sweet wines. Although some wineries produce Dry wines, they sell them under other appellations than Sauternes, which is specific to sweet wines. The village is surrounded on all sides by vineyards, the best of which produce some of the most prestigious, long-lasting and expensive dessert wines in the world. A half bottle of premium, aged Sauternes from a good Vintage can sell for over $1,000.
The wine region of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.
The word of the wine: Malic (acid)
An acid that occurs naturally in many wines and is transformed into lactic acid during malolactic fermentation.
